Category: Current Events

Takedown: The Attempted Political Assassination of Patrick Brown Patrick Brown 9780888902917 | $39.95 CAD HC | 360 pp. | Available Now Optimum Publishing, distributed by Georgetown Publications All of Ontario is now familiar with Patrick Brown, but not all of us are familiar with the political machination that goes on leading up to an election….

Call Them By Their True Names Rebecca Solnit 9781608469468| $23.95 CAD PB | 166 pp. | Available Now Haymarket Books, distributed by PGC You’ve probably heard of Rebecca Solnit. She’s the wry and insightful author of books like Men Explain Things to Me, The Mother of All Questions, and Hope in the Dark. Rebecca writes about topics we…

Shrewed Elizabeth Renzetti 9781487003043 | $22.95 CAD PB | 304 pp. | Available Now House of Anansi Press (distributed by UTP) Elizabeth Renzetti is no stranger to the publishing and journalism scene. A columnist for the Globe & Mail, author of bestseller Based on a True Story, and veteran reporter, Renzetti is making waves with her latest…

Loaded: A Disarming History of the Second Amendment Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz 9780872867239 | $24.50 CAD PB | 236 pp. | Available Now City Lights Publishers, distributed by Publisher’s Group Canada With Loaded, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz pulls together Second Amendment rights and white supremacy in the United States, arguing that they are inextricably linked. Reviews from Kirkus and Publishers Weekly praise…